Toy gun.



F. J. KRISTOFEK.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1917.

mazpem Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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FRANK J. KRISTOFEK, OF 551." PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO B ROW'N & BIGELOW, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, A. CORPORATION OFMINNESOTA.

TOY GUN.

T0 at! whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. Knis'rornn,

: leased by a slight transverse movement of the hammer.

A further object is in a device which is formed of stamping from thin sheet metal, the different parts of a toy gun.

Another object is in providing a toy which is adapted to shoot paper or other disks and which is harmless to a child or user but still afiording a great deal of amusement.

he above objects with other features will be more clearly defined and set forth in the following specification and claims:

In the drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective of my gun.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the gun.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the gun, a portion of which is broken away.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation.

Fig. 5 illustrates a detail portion of an alternative construction.

Fig. 6 illustrates a side elevation of the construction illustrated in Fig. 5.

In the drawing, A represents a toy gun having a handle portion B and barrel portion C which are formed of thin sheet metal 1, or any other suitable material. The handle B is approximately parallelepiped shaped having side walls 2 and 3 which are bent so as to lie parallel to each other and are connected by the back portion 4. Three sides of the parallelepiped handle B are open. A circular portion 5 is formed on the top of the back 4 and is adapted to close the rear end of the barrel C when the handle is secured to the barrel.

Lugs 6 are formed on the upper portion of the sides 2 and 3 and are adapted to engage in the opening 7 being clenched over in Specification of Letters Patent.

the barrel C so as to hold the handle-B connected to the barrel 0. I

The barrel 0 is formed of a single piece of material having a lower longitudinal slot 3 which extends the full length on the, bottom of the barrel C and an upper short slot 9 extending longitudinally at the rear end of the barrel C. The slot 9 is cut away or widened 'so as to form a catchlO at its rear end.

Arms 11 are formed by cutting out a portion of the barrel C and bending the same upward so as to form holding means for a disk-or missile D. The upper ends of the arms 11 lie approximately parallel to each other and are so positioned as to hold by a slight friction, the disk ormissile l) upright between the same.

A hammer 12 having an arm 13 is pivotally secured on the wall 2 of the handle B, by means of an eyelet 14. The eyelet 1A is formed from and is integral with the wall 2. The arm 13 is formed with a notch 15 on its lower end in which one end of a coil spring 16 is adapted to engage. The other endof the coil spring 16 being held in the slot 17 formed in the lower portion of the side 4 of the handle B.

The upper end of the arm 13 extends through the slots 8 and 9 and is formed with a head or striking endlS. The head 18 is formed integral and from the same piece of material as the arm 13 by bending the portion 19 of'the arm 13 so as to extend at right angles to the same and then bending the enlarged portion 20 back so as to lie adjacent the portion 19, thereby forming a striking head 18 which extends at right angles to the arm 13 and extending on either side of the arm. By this simple construction, a strong striking hammer 12 is formed which is adapted to reciprocate back and forth in the slots 8 and 9. The lower edge 21 of the striking head 18 is adapted to extend below and in front of the arm 13 so that when the hammer 12 is in released or forward position as illustrated in Fig. 3, the edge 21 will engage the upper surface of the barrel C so as to form a stop for the hammer 12 in this position and to prevent the edge of the arm 13 striking the forward end of. the slot 9 when the hammer is released. The stop 21 also prevents the arm 13 from cutting Patented Apr. 9, 1918. 7 Application filed. May 2 1917. Serial No. 170,665.

the slot 9 during the use of the gun A. The

slots 8' and 9 are just a trifle wider than the thickness of the arm 13 so as to allow the arm. to reciprocate back and forth in the slots freely. V

In use of the gun A, the hammer 12- is cocked'or drawn back into engagement with the catch 10 and a paper disk D or other Figs. 2 and 3 andstriking the edge or the.

disk D and shootingit forward from the barrel of the gun. The (llSK will cut the air and will invariably travel straight ahead for a considerable distance thus affording a good deal oit ainuseinent in the use ot the gun A.. 7 p

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the missile holding means is formed by cutting circular portion out of the barrel C at 22, .leaving a sinall portion oi the cut out circular portion attachedto the barrelG. The portion cut out is then bent backward and its edges bent upward so as to form engaging wings :23. The engag- 111g wings 23 arefladapted to perform the same function as the 212111811 and the portion which connects the wings 23 fornr ing a stop for'the disk or missile D; A cross section through the wings 23 and stop 24 would be substantially U shaped.-- The stop 2% thus preventingthe disk D from being placed too tar back inithe holding means so to be properly discharged from the gun when the hammer l2 released By means of the construction illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the disk D always held in the correct position to be discharged.

Anyhurnber of disks; canbe used and the,

construction of the gun is such that iigiventhe ordinary care, it will operate perfectly without getting out ot order for a long period of time.-

' form of construction of device, I desire to Copies of this patient ma be obtained for It is obviousthat other missiles than the paper. disk can be used parallelepiped shaped handle portion, a

hammer pivoted in said handle portion, a

longitudinal slot formed along the bottonr of said barrel, a longitudinal slotj'eiztend- .ing centrall along a portion oat the'top, a

catch formed in said top slot, a spring secured to one end of said hanuner and a striking head formed on the other end ot said hammer and engaging in'eansjtorined on said barrel ahead of the'torward end of said top slot for holding a disk shaped nnssile whereby, when said -li'aininer- 1S '16 leased from said catch,"said spring'jwill force said striking head into engagement with said; inissile to shoot the same,

In a. device of theclass described, a

trigger-less gun formed 'ironi thin sheet inaterial, a tubular hollow barrel portion, f

nieans i ornied on said barrel for holding a missile, a handle secured to said barrel, a striking hann'ncr pivoted to said handle, slots formed in said barrel in which said hammer is adapted to reciprocate, a catch forined in one of said: slots and a stop Viiornied on said hairline-r which is adapted to engage the surface of said barrel when said hammer is released 'fronrsaid catch to liniit'the forward movement of said striking han'nner.

"3. in avdevice of the class described, a

triggerless gun'forined from thin sheet may terial, a tubular hollow ibarrel portion,

fingers formed. integral with and extending upwardly from said "barrel for holding a 'HllSSllG, a handle secured to said barrel, a

striking hannner pivoted to said handle, slots formed in said barrel in which said hammer is adapted to reciprocate, a catch,

forinedin' one of saidslots and means formed on said ha niner which isadap ted to engage the surface of said barrel whensaid hammer is released from said catch toiprevent said hannner from striki the forward end of the slot in which it reciprocates.

FRANK J. KRISTOFEK.

five cents eacln by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

